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would be
August 5, 1979 (Sunday)
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-05:00)
• Day numbers: 217
• Week number: 31
• Leap year: 1979 is not a leap year
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times for August 5, 1979 (Sunday)
• Sunrise time: 06:34 am
• Sunset time: 08:44 pm
• Day length: 14h 09m
• Source: suntoday.org
Moon Phase for August 5, 1979 (Sunday)
• Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
• Illumination: 92%
• Moon Age: 12.25 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
August 5, 1979 Holidays and National Days
August 5 in History
2012
A gunman in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, opens fire in a Sikh temple, killing six before committing suicide.
1997
The mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, Ramzi Yousef, goes on trial.
1995
Croatian forces capture the city of Knin, a Serb stronghold, during Operation Storm.
1992
Four police officers are indicted on civil rights charges in the beating of Rodney King.
1981
President Ronald Reagan fires 11,500 striking air traffic controllers.
1974
President Richard Nixon admits he ordered a cover-up for political as well as national security reasons.
1964
President Lyndon Johnson begins bombing North Vietnam in retaliation for the Gulf of Tonkin incident and asks Congress to go to war against North Vietnam.
1962
Actress Marilyn Monroe dies under mysterious circumstances.
1951
The United Nations Command suspends armistice talks with the North Koreans when armed troops are spotted in neutral areas.
1941
The German army completes taking 410,000 Russian prisoners in the Uman and Smolensk pockets in the Soviet Union.
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